Camille Théodore Joseph Van den Plas (5 January 1850 – 15 March 1902) was a Belgian soldier, accountant and colonial administrator.

Camille Théodore Joseph Van den Plas was born in Saint-Josse-ten-Noode, Brussels, Belgium on 5 January 1850.

His parents were Pierre Joseph Van den Plas, a teacher at the Brussels Athénée, and Anne-Marie Holzemer.

They arrived at Equateur Station on 12 December 1884, where Alphonse van Gèle handed over command to Casman in a ceremony before the native chiefs.

[3] The mission reached the Falls on 26 January 1885, where they found a very precarious situation due to the actions of the Zanzibar Arab trader Tippu Tip.

In December 1886, as assistant to Lieutenant Henri Avaert, he took part in the expedition to Manyanga and was responsible for the evacuation of Vivi.

[1] Van den Plas signed a new three-year engagement and left Belgium of 21 August 1887, reaching Boma on 28 September 1887.

He was sent on another special mission, arrived in Boma on 21 September 1901, but fell sick and suffered from severe ophthalmia.